How to inspect the currently used Nvidia driver version and switch it to another alternative?
I’m trying to find out which Nvidia driver is being used currently in the system (and how to perhaps switch it to another version or the open-source nouveau driver). modinfo knows about several nvidia drivers installed in the system ( nvidia_173 and nvidia_331 ), but lsmod just calls it nvidia (and modinfo nvidia fails):
$ modinfo nv nvidia_173 nvidia_331 nvidiafb nvme nvram nv_tco marsmorgana@marsmorgana:~$ modinfo nvidia_331 filename: /lib/modules/3.11.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_331.ko alias: char-major-195-* version: 331.113 supported: external license: NVIDIA alias: pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00* alias: pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00* alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00* alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* depends: drm vermagic: 3.11.0-26-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: NVreg_Mobile:int parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int parm: NVreg_RemapLimit:int parm: NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int parm: NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int parm: NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int parm: NVreg_CheckPCIConfigSpace:int parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp parm: NVreg_AssignGpus:charp marsmorgana@marsmorgana:~$ lsmod | fgrep nv nvidia 9704581 42 drm 247722 2 nvidia marsmorgana@marsmorgana:~$ modinfo nvidia ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia marsmorgana@marsmorgana:~$ Re: additional-drivers
In 12.04, I have neither an additional-drivers tab in update-manager : nor an additional-drivers app in the menu, nor such a program (checked by locate ), nor such an installable package (checked by apt-cache search ).
(Off-topic explanation of my reason to want to inspect and switch the nvidia driver)
Because I might be experiencing problems with running SketchUp under wine because of the nvidia driver, as reported there. An off-topic UPDATE: actually, it turned out later that this is another known nvidia-unrelated problem (see under «Tips») (found via «Sketchup not responding»), which must be fixed in wine-1.7.31; this version or later is available in the Ubuntu Wine repository for Trusty or later, so I’d need to upgrade from my 12.04 (Precise) to Trusty to use those packages. Nevertheless, my question here makes sense independently of the real solution in my situation.
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Note that many Linux distributions provide their own packages of the NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver in the distribution’s native package management format. This may interact better with the rest of your distribution’s framework, and you may want to use this rather than NVIDIA’s official package.
Also note that SuSE users should read the SuSE NVIDIA Installer HOWTO before downloading the driver.
Installation instructions: Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.105.17.run
One of the last installation steps will offer to update your X configuration file. Either accept that offer, edit your X configuration file manually so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used, or run nvidia-xconfig
Note that the list of supported GPU products is provided to indicate which GPUs are supported by a particular driver version. Some designs incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux driver: in particular, notebook and all-in-one desktop designs with switchable (hybrid) or Optimus graphics will not work if means to disable the integrated graphics in hardware are not available. Hardware designs will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so please consult with a system’s manufacturer to determine whether that particular system is compatible.
See the README for more detailed instructions.
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